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NAPOLITANO v. WARD

No. 71-1444.

457 F.2d 279 (1972)

Richard A. NAPOLITANO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hon. Daniel P. WARD, Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

As Amended April 24, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Cassidy, Jr., Peoria, Ill., James P. Chapman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Jayne A. Carr, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward V. Hanrahan, State's Atty., James A. Rooney, Asst. State's Atty., Chicago, Ill., Richard A. Hollis, Springfield, Ill., Joel M. Flaum, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, STEVENS, Circuit Judge and GRANT, District Judge.

DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court dismissing plaintiff's amended complaint and his cause of action.1

The plaintiff-appellant was duly elected a Circuit Judge, Cook County, Illinois, in 1968. He was removed from office "for cause" by the Illinois Courts Commission2 on July 14, 1970.

The instant suit is based on the Civil Rights Act (42 U.S.C...

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